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Show Old Home Brew Seems To Be On Skids As Raisin Demand Drops By NEA Service UfABHINQTOy. May : Home b W l- -n the skids. That Is the conclusion of government govern-ment authorities drawn From the latest lat-est reports of the Department of Agriculture Agri-culture covering the declining demand ami price for raisins How -the Juicy grape has shrunk, v. hether desired In its natural state for wines or In its dried condition for putting kl k into home brow, is shown by the following figures which represent repre-sent the values of grapes and grape products on the farms for the last three years: 1919 $102,500,000 1920 105.000,000 1921 . 68,500.000 "Cheaper raisins were an important factor In this drop for 1921, ' says the department announcement. , Back of cheaper raisins prohibition authorities state Is th decline In home-brew activities "The average home-brew artist found It was too much fuss for lit lb firewater," It was explained. "They r produced more good headaches than good booze "To get a good article required too much time and attention, and It didn't lake the aspiring but persnlring brew-rn.ister brew-rn.ister .ng to gel weary of cleaning up the mess he was sure to make." The result was that the grapes going go-ing into raisins and grape Julco last yen- were worth $39,000,000 as against m ire than J60.oou.000 in 1920. Raisin producers nre fighting hard '., stimulate general use of their pro-dUCl pro-dUCl by housewives to offset the loss I nf demand for homebrew operations. |